- Fitness is becoming the most popular
thing around the world.
We are on the way to Amsterdam right now.
Baby let's go!
With more people trying to take back control of their bodies
the number of participants in calisthenics has tripled
world wide in the last decade
which brings us to Amsterdam.
This was my first time in Amsterdam.
The crew was my brother, Zay, and Cristi,
our new addition to the team and our first
in house app developer that's helping us
make the best apps in the world.
We were headed to the workshop to meet up
with Kevin from Movie Performance Gym.
Kevin was the gym manager and point of contact
for bringing THENX to The Netherlands.
He had built out a really dope facility
specifically catered to functional training
and optimal performance.
- [Man] There's water.
- [Man 2] Oh, this guy
- [Man] Yo five stars man, five stars
- I've got some fruit and I will get some water.
- What's your name?
- Nicholas
- Thomas
- Thomas.
- Guys, so we're gonna see the start for a
really quick warm up before Chris comes out
so we're gonna get our bodies loose
and then Chris will come out and we
can start our workshop.
We're gonna start with some jumping jacks.
(pleasant guitar music)
And then shake it off.
Chris you ready?
We'll do it man.
(applause)
- All right so today we're gonna start off
with some front levers.
We're gonna start with front levers and back levers
and then we're gonna cover some handstands.
This basic move right here is gonna lay down
the foundation for the rest
of the progressions that you learn after,
and once you finally get the back lever
you're not gonna be like bananaing it up.
Training the eccentric portion of any exercise,
the negative of any exercise eventually
is gonna give you the concentric portion of it
which is the pressing of it.
Now knees back in.
Bring these in, lean back,
until you get to the halfway point.
Your body is like one solid piece
when you're doing a back lever
and that's why you need to be
tight from here all the way to your toes.
We'll have everybody doing handstands here today.
It's a constant pressing, not pressing,
constant pressing, not pressing.
See, when you use the combination of both techniques
you save yourself from being fallen.
Okay, that's what it should look like guys.
- The workshop today, it was great.
The progression system, how Chris explains
the movements, it's great.
- What I think about the workshop of today,
it's really informal, I really got the feeling
that I got better at all the moves.
Yeah, he takes time for everybody personal,
even if we're like with a bigger group.
- You know this is addicting.
- [Camera Guy] Hey, it's gettin' there, it's gettin' there.
- Just finished the workshop in Amsterdam.
Next we got the workout tomorrow.
Let's get it.
Who would have thought I'd be on the way
to a skate park in Amsterdam.
There's no one here.
You have to enjoy what you do.
You have to find a way to tie in your work with your life
so you can keep that passion alive.
When you do something for so long,
even if it's something you love,
if you start treating it like a job
you're gonna lose that passion for it
which is why it's super important if you love what you do
you have to enjoy it as much as possible
and find ways to infuse it into your life
where it's not like a job,
it's just part of who you are.
Zay and Stephen create a workout routine for today.
Even thought we're out traveling, the grind never stops.
We're always on the clock, always creating.
So everybody around the world could be
working out at the same time with this thing.
- The workout you did in Amsterdam.
- It's definitely not cut out for everyone.
But with so many moving components and moving parts
it's easy to fall off if you're not constantly growing
and refining your work.
- Hello Chris, I'm Alex.
- [Chris] What's up Alex, you ready to work out?
- Hi nice to meet you.
- Stephen did you register everyone?
We created an event called work out with Chris
for everyone that wasn't able to purchase a workshop ticket
before they had sold out.
The gym was packed.
Everyone came ready to go hard.
I love that.
It was like everyone had the same understanding.
One more round then the place to work out.
In five seconds find a spot, find a spot.
No one was going to quit
and we weren't gonna stop when we were tired.
We'll stop when we're finished.
(dynamic music)
- The working out with Chris was awesome man.
Awesome experience.
- Seeing him in real life is, is crazy.
- I think the workout was very complete
and very well instructor.
- For me this workout was really good
because I'm actually just beginning on calisthenics.
(dynamic music)
- We've got one last round to go.
(dynamic music)
That's the workout guys.
(applause)
Let's get so much money.
Let's get for a little bit.
(applause)
- For my sister and for me.
- [Chris] Sure, sure right there?
These guys rock, MVPs right here.
I would rather struggle to make it
doing the thing that I love
than to have a lot of money doing something
that I didn't enjoy every single day.
Because the truth is, money is always something
you can get back but your time isn't.
And in the end when you look back on your life
you're not gonna be thinking about
the dollar bill in your bank account.
You're gonna be thinking about all the experiences you had,
the way you lived your life,
the stories that you told
and the legacy you'll leave behind.
Never be afraid to follow your dream.
That's up we outa here baby.
- Great time.
Just as important as it is to love what you do
it's important to love the people around you
that help you do it.
And when it comes to traveling,
it's more than just experiencing a new place.
You're dissolving boundaries and learning life lessons.
(dynamic music)
(drumming)
- Smash that like button guys.